The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-12-31
IN THE WORLD OF LABOR.
Specially Compiled for the Toilersby an Ad-
vocate Man


ing Works will be idle for about ten
days
On Thursday 2.I77 loaded cars of coal
passed over the Lehigh Valley Railroad
east Of Packerton.
1t is said that the new Federation of
labor will win respect from all classes be-
cause It is not centraizing.
There are projected in the Southern
States 1000 miles of railroad, and surveys
have been made on COCO miles of
up to the hour of going to press the
condition of the Reading strike is unsteady.
Newspaper reports differ materially in
their accounts.
"A good deal of Western mechanical
labor has been drifting Sonthward, and 200
or 300 shops have got to work within the
past sixty days there.
The Bethlehem Iron Company has
given notice to its employees that reduct-
ion Of 10 per cent, in wages will take place
on January lst, 1893.
The Bethlehem Iron Co. recently sold
A",VVV tOiiS VI sttSi IdlS W bub lJtulgu
Valley Railroad. Steel rails are now worth
from s32. so to S33 per ton.
For the week ending December "a, 1887,
there were shipped over the Lehigh & Sus-
quehanna division of the c. r. r. of N. j.,
S9,S33 tons OF coal against 4, $4,000 for
the same time last year, decrease of
204, 223 tons.
The Lehigh Valley car works at Stem
ton has received another order for three
hundred gondola cars from the Central
Railroad of New Jersey. This will make
total of nine hundred such cars ordered
by the Central road at these shops
The p. & r conductors will organize
an Order of Railroad Conductors, in Read
ing, on Sunday, January 10. Persons be-
longing to the Order get five dollars weekly
benefits in case of sickness, and If they
take the insurance receive s2,5OO in case
Of death or permanent disability.
The State Convention of Ohio miners
will be held at Columbus on January II,
and friendly settlement of the wages
question for .he coming year is expected.
The miners are everywhere proposing arbl-
tration. State Conventions will be held in
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
The experiments made by the Lehigh
Valley Railroad in burning soft coal on
their locomotives have so far been success
full beyond the best expectations. All the
shifting engines are using 1t, and 1t is
thought the draught engines will be order
ed shortly to 10 likewise. A few days ago
a passenger engine used soft coal and made
good time.
"A line for new branch Of the Lehigh
Valley Railroad, to run from Coplay to
Egypt, Lehigh county, and to he parallel
with the Ironton Railroad. has been sur.
veyed by Chief Engineer Steadman. This
branch will give the Lshigh Valley acces:
to every cement plant on the west side Of
the Lehigh river. 1t is said that the line
will be built at an early day.
The great strike on the Reading system
has virtually ended, and for no other rea
son than that there was no cause for the
sudden outbreak. The effect that this dis
turbance will have on the Lehigh striker.
cannot be calculated, certain it Is, thai
people will lose faith in the cause fol
which labor is organized if they persist in
| jepordizing the welfare of the whole people
6y indiscriminate attacks on capital at {
time when it is especially desirable that tn,
two parties should be working harmonious
ly together.
1t is not welcome news to hear that
with the first good show of convalescence
Mr., Powderly is considering all early re
newal of the work that broke him down
When it becomes question OF renewing
cancelled engagements, or of cancelling flu
ture strength, the wisest plan would be t.
let future usefulness carry the day, a
against temporary demand upon reyivinl
strength. Mr.. Powderly should heed thu
lesson given by leaf out of the book o
Daniel Manning. The General Maste
Workman should not injure the cause t.
which he is devoted by permanently Grip
pling himself, or committing suicide will
the best intention of doing his duty.
Twelve Belgian coal miners arrived a
Philadelphia last week on their way Il
Spring Valley, Luzerne county, Pa. Th
customs authorities have detained the mel
pending an investigation. When th
name Of the employersof these men shal
have been published it will probably b
disclosad that f,a fs oUa of th0sa ooal mn,
who have been clamoring for the protection
of the laboring man against the paupe
labor of Europe. The coal combination ha
imported 10000 unnecessary laborers int
other laborers in such condition OF priya
ton that they could not afford to strike
And the coal combination still wants TO b
protected from the competition of forelg
coalsl
General Master Workman Powderl
in recent letter to the order of K. of L.
published few days since says: "Knight
OF Labor, Trade Unionists and friends @
labor everywhere, bear these words in mind
Reforms to be lasting must be based on tn
intelligence OF an educated people. 1t
not essential that they understand Gree
and Latin, or that they be versed in tn
classics, but IL is absolutely necessary
the well-being ofa republic and the stabilit
OF Its institutions that the people Of all tn
land be educated. Let us adopt mean
Of maintaining the parents of the childre
upon whose labor the parents depend fo
J support and place the children in tn
schoolhouse. Other things must wait, bu
! this sll-importsnt question must be acte
on. The time to act is now, and it is strici
) lJ in line with the Obligation Of every mem
! Der of this Order to work with all hi
power for the education of our children
The work Of the Knighthood will be mad
easier thrOuph education Fill the schof